Title: Dad, I have an admirer / San, I screwed up
Author: J.J. Smith (pirateof221b on Tumblr)
Beta: my lovely Dalek sister (residentof221b on Tumblr)
Rating: T
Pairing: pre-Kurtofsky
Genre: Hurt/Comfort , Friendship
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, unfortunately.
Summary: Dave and Kurt talk to the person they're closest to about what happened on Valentine's Day.
A/N: The Valentine's episode gave me so many Kurtofsky feelings. I had to write something else about it. I hope I can continue with Philip Dawson now that I've written this.

Part 1 – Dad, I have an admirer

"Dad, I want to talk to you about something. I'd normally talk to Rachel or Mercedes about this, but they're not exactly discreet."

"Sure, kid. Is something wrong?" Burt asks, slightly worried.

"No, it's a boy problem."

Burt flinches at that.

"If it makes you uncomfortable I can ask Carole for help," Kurt suggests.

"I'll try to see what I can do. If I get too uncomfortable, I'll tell you."

"Thank you. I just really need to talk to someone about this." Kurt hugs his father. Burt is out of his comfort zone with this, but he'll do anything for his son. "Okay, there's this guy – he's still in the closet so I can't tell you who he is – and he sent me Valentine's Day cards for a week. He also gave me chocolate and flowers. He even showed up at school in a gorilla suit to give me a message with balloons and a monkey plushy. It was the most romantic thing a guy has ever done for me. I thought Blaine was the one who sent me those things."

"But he didn't?" Burt asks, making sure he has all the details. This is the first time Kurt comes to him with a boy problem; he may be uncomfortable with the subject, but he doesn't want to mess up.

"No. This guy asked me to meet him at Breadstix and that's how I found out he wasn't Blaine."

"What did Blaine get you?"

"That's the point! He didn't give me anything. I sent him several cards and flowers and he just texted me a simple 'Happy V-day'."

"Well, he did just have surgery," Burt tries to defend Blaine. He kind of likes Blaine. Well, he tolerates Blaine. Besides, Blaine is seventeen, there is no way he's going to marry Kurt anytime soon. He doesn't think he could handle going through that with Kurt as well.

"I know. I wasn't angry with him at first but then he showed up at the party and burst into song and dance. If he was well enough for that, surely he could have send me one lousy card."

Suddenly, Burt likes Blaine a lot less. He knows how important Valentine's Day was for Kurt. It was the first time his son had a boyfriend for Valentine's. He knows how much of a romantic Kurt is. There is no way Blaine didn't know; Kurt has been talking about it for weeks.

"Da… This guy," Kurt corrects himself quickly. "He took such a risk meeting me in a public place. He told me that he thinks he loves me. I didn't believe him."

"Why didn't you?" Burt interrupts. He thinks he knows the answer to this but he hopes he's wrong. The look on Kurt's face tells him he's right before Kurt even speaks.

"How can anyone love me? The fact that Blaine loves me is a miracle. If he even still loves me. I don't know anymore."

"Kurt." Burt's voice cracks. He can feel his heart breaking for his kid. He can't believe Kurt thinks so little of himself. He has half a mind to drive over to Blaine's place and punch his face in. Kurt should not have to doubt himself so much. Hell, Kurt's boyfriend should worship the ground he walks on.

"It's okay, dad. I know who I am. I'll be fine on my own when Blaine dumps me."

Now Burt is definitely going to give Blaine a piece of his mind.

"Kurt, if Blaine doesn't see how amazing you are, he's blind. There is no reason any guy wouldn't be lucky to have you as his boyfriend. You're in Lima, Ohio right now. There are hardly any out gay guys here. Just wait until you get to New York. You'll have to beat guys off with a stick. Or I could do that for you. I'd love to beat those guys off of you." The thought of his son being in New York where he can't protect him pains Burt more than he will ever tell anyone, but this conversation makes it clear to him that Kurt needs to get out of this town. It's this town and its attitude that's slowly breaking his boy before his eyes and there's only so much he can do.

"Dad, I'm not attractive. I've been told that I look like I'm having gas pains when I'm trying to be sexy. I love that you think so much of me, but you're my dad. You have to feel this way about me."

"I think you should talk to this admirer of yours again. Ask him what he thinks about you. You're worth so much more than you let yourself believe, kid. I hate to see you like this."

"Dad…"

"No! You deserve so much more than you have. If I'd known Blaine didn't worship the ground you walk on, I would have done something about it. He takes you for granted. Talk to this guy; get to know him or something. I don't care what you do; if this guy cares enough about you to go through all that trouble he clearly sees how special you are."

"You don't even know who he is," Kurt whispers.

"Kurt, I want to ask you something. You don't have to answer but I want you to think about it. Is that okay?"

"Okay."

"Do you love Blaine?"

It's barely visible, but Burt can still make out the tiny shake of his son's head. Burt pulls Kurt into a hug. Kurt clings to him like he's Kurt's only lifeline. He holds his son until the tears stop.

Part 2 – San, I screwed up.

"Something's wrong," Santana says. "What did fairy boy do?"

"I thought we agreed not to talk about Kurt," Dave interjects.

"You've been walking around with that dopey smile on your face all week and now you look like you've been hit by a truck. You're telling me what he did or I'll go to princess's house and beat it out of him." Just 24 hours ago she'd wanted to wipe that grin off his face, but now she'd do just about anything to get it back.

"San…"

"No one hurts my Davey-bear." Santana knows how much Dave hates that name, which is exactly why she's been using it ever since Dave told her how some guy at Scandals called him a bear cub.

"I told Kurt that I think I love him."

"Sweetie…" She'll never tell anyone, but Santana has a huge soft spot for Dave Karofsky. She'd do just about anything to protect him.

"I didn't know he was still with Blaine," Dave defends himself. "I really thought they'd broken up. I never would have told him if I'd known."

"Why would you assume they'd broken up? I never told you anything about that."

"We don't talk about Kurt. Not ever. I didn't think you'd tell me if they'd broken up. And I kept seeing Blaine with that Sebastian at Scandals. It thought that meant he wasn't with Kurt anymore."

"Wait a second. Eyebrows is cheating on the fairy princess?" Kurt Hummel might not be Santana's favorite person, but Dave loves him, which means that Santana cares about him. She helped him out with Sebastian once and she'll do it again.

"Fuck! I hadn't even thought of that. How the hell can he cheat on Kurt?" Dave sounds like he's ready to punch Blaine's light out.

"I never liked the hobbit. We have to tell Kurt what's happening."

"He'll never believe us." What Dave means is that Kurt will never believe him. It breaks Santana's heart to see Dave like this.

"Then I guess we need to get some evidence. I got Sebastian to admit he put rock salt in the slushy that injured Blaine; I can get Blaine to admit he cheated. It'll be easy. Aunty Tana will take care of it, so don't worry about it." Santana's already working on plans to get Blaine to confess. She sees Dave relax at her promise. She also sees he's still hiding something else.

"Thanks."

"There's something else that's bothering you though."

"What do you mean?"

"You knew fairy boy could reject you, hell, you probably convinced yourself that that would happen. Something else happened."

"It's nothing."

"David Brandon Karofsky, you tell me what happened right now or I will show Hummel all the love letters you wrote to him." Using Dave's full name can only mean one thing: Santana is serious. And you don't mess with Santana when she's serious about something.

"I never wrote any…" Dave begins, only to be interrupted by Santana.

"I mean it."

"You don't know where they…" Dave is interrupted once again by Santana.

"Shoebox under your bed. Now, speak up."

"This guy from school was at Breadstix and he overheard everything. He knows, Santana. He's going to tell the entire school, if he hasn't already. My life is over. I thought I was safe at Carmel."

It isn't difficult for Santana to see how this hurts Dave. She doesn't say anything. She isn't good at comforting people and snide remarks won't help here. Instead, she lets Dave cry on her shoulder. It's not much, but it's all she can do at the moment.

The End